Bookstore Purchase Policy Using Financial Aid
Schoolcraft College seeks to provide the necessary out-of-classroom services that ensure students are successful in fulfilling their academic and career goals. If you are eligible for financial aid, you may be eligible to charge your textbooks and educationally related supplies to your student account. Please remember,
- Using financial aid funds in the Bookstore will reduce any refund you may be eligible for.
- Bookstore purchases using financial aid funds can only be made during each semester’s purchasing window.
- The purchasing dates include all late starting courses for the specific semester.
- No exceptions can be made to these dates.
- Visit the My Bookstore Available Funds page in Ocelot Access to view the amount you may use for Bookstore purchases.
- Changes to course schedules and/or financial aid award amounts may reduce the amount of funds you have available to use in the Bookstore.
- Schedule changes can take 24-48 hours to update on the My Bookstore Available Funds page in Ocelot Access.
- If there is a reduction in your aid due to a schedule change or your aid eligibility, you will be responsible for all purchases that are not covered by your aid.
- The My Awards page in Ocelot Access has explanations of awards including what the funds can be used for. Not all awards can be used at the Bookstore.
In order to help facilitate obtaining your books in a timely manner, the College has made arrangements with the Schoolcraft Bookstore that allow students to charge the purchase of educationally related items against their anticipated financial aid for the term. In order to accommodate this arrangement, the College has developed and implemented several guidelines that govern the types of items that can be charged in the Schoolcraft Bookstore:
- Students are limited to the purchase of 1 computer, 1 tablet, and 1 watch during an academic year using their financial aid funds.
- The academic year is Fall through Spring/Summer semester.
- Some restrictions may apply and not all financial aid funds are eligible to be used on these items.
- Gift cards are not eligible for purchase using financial aid funds.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Financial Aid Office at 734-462-4433 or finaid@schoolcraft.edu